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you have senator jim demint and some of the tea party people saying that this is an awful deal. what they need to do is call for the yeas and nays right away. >> mark, which takes more courage, to face down republicans or to face down members of your own party who have fought for you? >> i am reminded of july 1962, what british politicians called the the night of the long knives. harold macmillan, the prime minister's popularity was slipping, and he fired seven cabinet members . that is totally applicable here. barack obama turn on the most were most loyal. nobody in the white house lost a job on november 2. many in the house did. this the sort of loyalty the white house showed them. >> on thursday, house democrats sent nancy pelosi a letter calling the deal closely unfair. the president argues that the deal is all about the economy. >> i think that is right, and the economy will benefit. there is legitimate -- there are criticisms that it is way too generous to very rich people who will not spend money. but there is a second stimulus and hear that most economists say we need in
you have senator jim demint and some of the tea party people saying that this is an awful deal. what they need to do is call for the yeas and nays right away. >> mark, which takes more courage, to face down republicans or to face down members of your own party who have fought for you? >> i am reminded of july 1962, what british politicians called the the night of the long knives. harold macmillan, the prime minister's popularity was slipping, and he fired seven cabinet members ....
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a word about jim webb. most politicians come to the town and tell you they would rather be back in centreville and the of virginia chamber of commerce, wash, and they fight tooth and nail to stay here and they only leave by a box, a ballot box or a pine box. jim webb came as a maverick and he is leaving as a maverick. he wrote the gi bill, he took the matter of incarceration, that the united states in concert more people than any place on the earth. this is not a payoff issue politically. he is that kind of a guide. he will be missed. >> let me ask about congressman chris lee who resigned this week after the website gawker published photos of himself shirtless that he said 20 woman, and he said he was divorced. but he is not divorced. this the digital age. >> i never heard of him before, and he was gone before i got to know him. i don't think he would catch any of us topless on tv. [laughter] he had it, he thought he could fl it -- flaunt it, i guess. >> can i endorse mark on jim webb? he is a novelist, a w
a word about jim webb. most politicians come to the town and tell you they would rather be back in centreville and the of virginia chamber of commerce, wash, and they fight tooth and nail to stay here and they only leave by a box, a ballot box or a pine box. jim webb came as a maverick and he is leaving as a maverick. he wrote the gi bill, he took the matter of incarceration, that the united states in concert more people than any place on the earth. this is not a payoff issue politically. he is...
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mike all and jim vandehei of "politico" wro that presiden obama is working systetically to marginalize the most powful forces behind a republican party, including the chamber of commerce, the insunce indust, rush limbaugh, and f news. >> there is a huge downside for prident obama, because people voted for him because the like e post-partisan willingne to ify witother people. the danger is that if you start fighting with a bunch of grou, you look le just another politician. >> mike alleneported on friday that friends are urgin fox impresario roger ailes toun for preside in 2012. according to a new a news/"washington pt" poll, only 20% of people identify as republics. in the same poll, 83% o all independentsay they don't trust repuicans to make the right decisions. given those numbers, why would the white house go on e attack, mark? >> you will have toet that answ elsewhere. i do notnderstand tactics o the strategy obviously, there a people w are not on your side, and you give them short sift, cold shlder. but the idea of using this presidency andhis white house, which, as mike allen sai
mike all and jim vandehei of "politico" wro that presiden obama is working systetically to marginalize the most powful forces behind a republican party, including the chamber of commerce, the insunce indust, rush limbaugh, and f news. >> there is a huge downside for prident obama, because people voted for him because the like e post-partisan willingne to ify witother people. the danger is that if you start fighting with a bunch of grou, you look le just another politician....
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the criticism of jim lehrer is off base. i noticed in the debate from top to time, obama weblog to him as if to say, help me, jim. that was not jim lehrer's role. >> in that case, the candidates should simply ask each other questions. >> let me ask you about donna brown states. as of friday, realclearpolitics average, obama, 7.6 in watching -- wisconsin been in pennsylvania, 10. new hampshire, six. ohio, 5.5. virginia, 3.5. will those numbers change? >> i think he was a tightening of the race. certainly, florida and virginia will be competitive. the problem is ohio. no republican has ever won the white house without winning ohio. there is a path to do it, but it is so narrow to get to 270 without ohio. he has a class problem in ohio. it is hard for him to relate to working-class voters there, who by the way, are not thrilled about obama, but as mike huckabee said, romney reminds them of the guy that fire them. that is a problem. >> if you look at the day-by-day poll, the post-debate members, each category, with the governmen
the criticism of jim lehrer is off base. i noticed in the debate from top to time, obama weblog to him as if to say, help me, jim. that was not jim lehrer's role. >> in that case, the candidates should simply ask each other questions. >> let me ask you about donna brown states. as of friday, realclearpolitics average, obama, 7.6 in watching -- wisconsin been in pennsylvania, 10. new hampshire, six. ohio, 5.5. virginia, 3.5. will those numbers change? >> i think he was a...
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she had endorsed christine o'donnell, as added jim demint. she dismissed it, saying, "i did not expect her to win in the first place." why did she indoors christine o'donnell over mike castle, who would have won that seat? there is an understanding and the party that the energy and movement she represents, the enthusiasm, is great for the party, but if she is going to run on her own, it could be disaster and it would reelect obama. >> her candidates had a pretty good night. >> i certainly defend her, and anybody, endorsing a candidate not on the pragmatic grounds that they are going to win, but because she believes in her positions and not in the opponent's positions. that is presumably why she endorsed christine o'donnell as opposed to mike castle. on the subject of the sarah palin in 2012, one of the unspoken problems she does have is quitting as governor midway through her first term. it is like ted kennedy's chappaquiddick. it will be a problem when she runs for president, because it is a higher threshold for the office. >> it is a really
she had endorsed christine o'donnell, as added jim demint. she dismissed it, saying, "i did not expect her to win in the first place." why did she indoors christine o'donnell over mike castle, who would have won that seat? there is an understanding and the party that the energy and movement she represents, the enthusiasm, is great for the party, but if she is going to run on her own, it could be disaster and it would reelect obama. >> her candidates had a pretty good night....
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the vice president is referred to as joe bite me, and jim jones, the national security adviser, is referred to as a clown, and on and on and on. president obama accepted mcchrystal's resignation as commander in afghanistan and replaced him with the general all pul -- politicos and talking heads in washington love, david petraeus. what if the president had kept mcchrystal on the job, colby? >> he would have appeared to be a weak president, and would have encouraged the behavior of mcchrystal and others. mcchrystal would have been compromised as well. he would not have been able to carry out the job as chief commander on the ground, because he had just been saved by the president. >> charles? >> the president was completely justified in letting him go. it was not a level of s insubordination that rises to a macarthur level. but the level of disrespect he showed for the commander in chief, the civilian leadership, is one that cannot be tolerated. i think the president in the end made the right decision. i think he might have been able to deny the resignation and keep him on in the name of cont
the vice president is referred to as joe bite me, and jim jones, the national security adviser, is referred to as a clown, and on and on and on. president obama accepted mcchrystal's resignation as commander in afghanistan and replaced him with the general all pul -- politicos and talking heads in washington love, david petraeus. what if the president had kept mcchrystal on the job, colby? >> he would have appeared to be a weak president, and would have encouraged the behavior of...
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the reality was, they saw it as another backdoor attempt -- and jim webb put it on the record. another attempt at the administration of george h.w. bush and donald rumsfeld, and dick cheney to say we now have a reason to go to war. that was the first time that we have ever single out any entity in any other country as a terrorist organization, a part of the government. we have to single them out. >> one-third of the senate voted for that position. >> let me ask you, it is the irg a terrorist organization or not? >> do not know if they are a terrorist organization. >> let him finish the answer. >> i do know this, what it was politically and realistically, was it an attempt to give more strength to an administration that had taken us into a war, which has been a disaster, which has left the united states even more isolated in the world, and has strengthened iran? because of the invasion and occupation in iraq, iran is a more dominant and influential and stronger foe in the world. >> immigration reform. republicans get the message. >> a process that includes completing a backgroun
the reality was, they saw it as another backdoor attempt -- and jim webb put it on the record. another attempt at the administration of george h.w. bush and donald rumsfeld, and dick cheney to say we now have a reason to go to war. that was the first time that we have ever single out any entity in any other country as a terrorist organization, a part of the government. we have to single them out. >> one-third of the senate voted for that position. >> let me ask you, it is the irg a...
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like jim demint, who sponsored the -- >> what about the polling place polling place? >> remember, maybe you do, remembers when the democrats had their new left, the new democratic coalition. that is the tea party book ending the era. november does not count -- as long as we can win primaries, beat the establishment, that is the tea party attitude. that it was their attitude in 2010 in delaware and colorado, alaska, nevada, then gave up the chance of republicans actually winning the majority of the senate and the riots that attitude in 2012. -- very much of their attitude in 2012. >> he is so old he actually knew harry truman. >> the republican debate. >> it is a ponzi scheme to tell our kids that are 25 or 30 years old today, you are paying into a program that will be there. -- you say by any social security is a failure. you cannot say that to tens of millions who are also security and who lived on it. >> rick perry and mitt romney at the debate at the reagan library in california. rick perry was holding his own for a while but i am wondering if he shot himself and,
like jim demint, who sponsored the -- >> what about the polling place polling place? >> remember, maybe you do, remembers when the democrats had their new left, the new democratic coalition. that is the tea party book ending the era. november does not count -- as long as we can win primaries, beat the establishment, that is the tea party attitude. that it was their attitude in 2010 in delaware and colorado, alaska, nevada, then gave up the chance of republicans actually winning the...
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news show on which i am on the panel at the end, you look at their coverage of health care reform, jim angle and others who went so deep in the weeds that sometimes they had to be hauled out by helicopter, they went into detail, but it every aspect. is the most thorough, comprehensive coverage of health care you will find anywhere. >> except on npr. >> they had great courage of health care on abc 7. >> nothing like that on a national tv, nothing at all. >> national public radio. >> the rnc is not a good place to put your money. >> that is the head of the family research council, urging members to give money directly to candidates and individuals they feel reflect their values instead of the rnc. the rnc has been in the news lately, michael steele as well. staffers spent a couple thousand dollars on a visit to a lesbian bondages strip club. michael steele had nothing to do with it. >> he did not go. >> oh, come on, how small minded can you be? these guys wanted to relax after a hard day at the office. >> the staffers were fired. >> it is amazing to me that michael steele survive all thi
news show on which i am on the panel at the end, you look at their coverage of health care reform, jim angle and others who went so deep in the weeds that sometimes they had to be hauled out by helicopter, they went into detail, but it every aspect. is the most thorough, comprehensive coverage of health care you will find anywhere. >> except on npr. >> they had great courage of health care on abc 7. >> nothing like that on a national tv, nothing at all. >> national...
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. >> that is congressman jim mcgovern of massachusetts, a democrat, who along with republican walter jones of north carolina has sponsored the afghanistan exit and accountability act, which would set a firm time line for withdrawing troops. a couple of months ago, a poll said that 73% of the american people want us out this year. >> i think they will stick with the timeline that the president set. you have to remember why we went in and the first place, because of 9/11 and back at the taliban -- the fact that taliban held to that country and al qaeda had to struggle there. >> charles krauthammer this week -- "we could never have pulled off the bin laden raid without a major presence in afghanistan. the joplin was jalalabad." does he have a point, mark? >> charles always has a point. i think the point is missing here. you can make the case that osama bin laden and scored a major victory it with what happened in this country as a result on 9/11. not just the coarsening of our life here, the lack of trust, the over-security in our nation. the money out of our pocket, two wars that only
. >> that is congressman jim mcgovern of massachusetts, a democrat, who along with republican walter jones of north carolina has sponsored the afghanistan exit and accountability act, which would set a firm time line for withdrawing troops. a couple of months ago, a poll said that 73% of the american people want us out this year. >> i think they will stick with the timeline that the president set. you have to remember why we went in and the first place, because of 9/11 and back at...
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jim baker was another one in the reagan administration. rare commodities, people who are essential to government. >> another thing is, he actually wore the uniform of the best country in military service, which makes a rather rare -- makes him a rather rare. >> what is important in the two women's is what underlies them politically -- the two appointments is what underlies them politically. petraeus is the obvious guy you think of to be chairman of the joint chiefs, but if he were that, he would be out in public, and if and when he retired, he would be a political presence in the country and a very attractive presidential candidate. this way, petraeus will be silent for a while. and not panetta, -- and on panetta, cutting the budget is his job. it is not allied strategy is out how to win at in afghanistan -- not outlining studies of how to afghanistan or libya. >> the cia has had a paramilitary for some time now operate out of that will be built up -- for some time now. i wonder if that will be built up. >> i assume that it will, and that
jim baker was another one in the reagan administration. rare commodities, people who are essential to government. >> another thing is, he actually wore the uniform of the best country in military service, which makes a rather rare -- makes him a rather rare. >> what is important in the two women's is what underlies them politically -- the two appointments is what underlies them politically. petraeus is the obvious guy you think of to be chairman of the joint chiefs, but if he were...
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was somebody with outside experience, political experience, private sector experience, not unlike and jim baker. jack lew, his successor, is a guy up enormous ability, great depth of knowledge, but doesn't ring to it that same political dimension. >> look, i cannot believe how cynical my colleagues are. you heard the guy. he wants to spend more time with the family. i think that sends everybody says that when they leave a job, there should be a legal requirement that when you take a job in government, you ought to say, "i want to spend less time with my family." [laughter] that should be written into law. >> jonathan alter quotes a former chairman of the committee,nationalmiom, ceett "i am going back to chicago where they stand you in the front." see you next week. vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night.
was somebody with outside experience, political experience, private sector experience, not unlike and jim baker. jack lew, his successor, is a guy up enormous ability, great depth of knowledge, but doesn't ring to it that same political dimension. >> look, i cannot believe how cynical my colleagues are. you heard the guy. he wants to spend more time with the family. i think that sends everybody says that when they leave a job, there should be a legal requirement that when you take a job...